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By means of its local examinations which are
held annually at Shanghai, Canton and Hankow.
By the Association of Hongkong University Gradu-
ates which links together the past students in
China.
By the scholarships which have been established
for students in Yunnan, Canton, Hankow and Pekin.
By the President of China scholarships which also
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helped up to 1925 to strengthen the bonds be-
tween the University and China proper.
A further close link with China now exists by the
appointment of Sir William Hornell, the Vice Chancellor of
the University, to a seat on the Board which administers
the Boxer Indemnity Fund in China from Nanking." #
American & British 3. One object (as I have said) of the University was to
uphold British education ideals as contrasted with those of
America a subject on which Sir Michael Sadler can I think
speak with special knowledge
and to save British influ-
ence and commerce from being wholly replaced by the U.S.A.
On this subject Professor Forster writes:-
"The domination of American cultural standards in China
has been stimulated:-
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By the existence of numerous American schools of
higher learning:-
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The Pekin University.
Pekin Union Medical College.
Chung Hwa, (Pekin).
Yale in China (Changsha)
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Bo one University (Hankow
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Ginling College (Nanking).
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Foochow University (Foochow). Lingnan University (Canton).
St. John's University (Shanghai).
The se Institutions supported by numerous American
schools have given a strong bias towards American ideals and
encouraged the flow of students towards U.S.A.
Chinese students have been drawn towards U.S.A. also
because that country is nearer and therefore cheaper to
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